Tenant rights re. AC repair in Florida
landlord tenant attorney Florida Aug 15, 2026
Location: Miami-Dade County, Florida Today is moving day into a corporation-owned (ugh) home in South Florida. We came by last night to drop off a few things. The AC fan was on but not set to change the temperature. We set it and left. Coming back this morning (less than 12 hours later) the temperature is still 6 degrees higher than what we set. I opened the AC closet and noticed the filter is saturated and dripping water onto the floor. I opened a maintenance ticket, but I’m curious what my rights and responsibilities are under the law re. giving them a chance to respond to our ticket vs finding out own emergency AC person and the corporation’s responsibility to pay for it. I’m thinking of high temperatures being a potential health/safety issue, as well as humidity leading to possible property damage we cannot possibly be responsible for, as our lease has only just started. Thank you!
